Monday, 21 August 2017

Rasulullah (Sallaahu ‘alayhi Wasallam) said: “On no
days is the worship of Allah desired more than in the first ten days of Dhul
Hijjah. The fast of each of these days
is equal to the fast of a whole year, and the Ibaadat (worship) of each of
these nights is equal to the Ibaadat of Laylatul Qadr.”

[Tirmidhi / Ibn Majah]

Hadhrat Ibn `Abbas (RA) reported that Rasulullah
(Sallaahu ‘alayhi Wasallam) said: "There
are no days in which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allah than these ten
days."

The people asked, "Not even Jihad for the sake of
Allah?"

He said, "Not even Jihad for the sake of Allah,
except in the case of a man who went out, giving himself and his wealth up for
the cause (of Allah), and came back with nothing."

[Sahih Bukhari]

Hadhrat Abdullah Ibn 'Umar (RA) related that
Rasulullah (Sallaahu ‘alayhi Wasallam) said: "No days are as weighty with Allah and so liked by Him for good
deeds than the first ten days of Zul Hijjah. So on these days increasingly
read:

SubhaanAllah,
Laa ilaaha illallaah, Alhamdulillah and Allahu Akbar."

[Musnad Ahmad]

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THE DAY OF
ARAFAH (9th ZUL HIJJAH)

Hadhrat Talhah (RA) reported that Rasulullah (Sallaahu
‘alayhi Wasallam) said: "Apart
from the day of the Battle of Badr there is no day on which the shaytaan is
seen to be more humiliated, more rejected, more depressed and more infuriated,
than on the day of Arafah, and indeed all this is only because of beholding the
abundance of descending mercy (on the day) and Allah's forgiveness of the great
sins of the servants."

[Mishkaat]

Rasulullah (Sallaahu ‘alayhi Wasallam) was asked about
fasting on the Day of Arafah

(the
9th Zul Hijjah).

He said, "It
atones for the sins of the previous year and of the coming year."

Thursday, 15 June 2017

Rasulullah (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa-Sallam)
said : “Whoever stands in prayer and worship on the night of Qadr, with
complete faith and with sincere hope of gaining reward, all his previous sins
are forgiven.”

Hazrat Ayesha (RA) had asked Rasulullah (Sallallaahu
‘alayhi wa-Sallam) what prayer she should engage in if she finds Laylatul Qadr.
Rasulullah (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa-Sallam) advised her the following Dua:

Rasulullah (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi
wasallam) said: “Verily that which separates (i.e. distinguishes)
between our fast and the fasting of the People of the Book (i.e. Jews and
Christians) is the eating before dawn (Suhoor).”

[Sahih Al-Bukhari
| Sahih Muslim]

Ibn Hajar (Rahmatullahi 'alayh) has mentioned
different reasons for taking Suhoor and drawing its blessings:

·It is a Sunnah

·Through Suhoor, we differentiate ourselves from the ways of
Ahlul-Kitaab, which we are at all times commanded to do.

·It provides strength for worshiping Allah Ta’ala.

·It promotes greater sincerity in Ibaadah (worship)

·It aids in eliminating bad temper, which sometimes surfaces due to
hunger.

·The time of Suhoor is a time when prayers are accepted.

·At the time of Suhoor, one gets the opportunity to remember Allah Ta’ala,
engage is Zikr and lift up the hands in supplication.

Wednesday, 10 May 2017

"One night
Rasulullah (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam) woke up and performed Salaah. He
prolonged the Sajdah to such an extent that I wondered whether he had passed
away. Seeing this, I got up and shook his foot. Perceiving movement, I felt at
ease.

When Rasulullah
(Sallallaahu ‘alaihi wasallam) lifted his head from Sajdah and completed his
Salaah, he said: "O Humairah (RA)!
Did you think that the Nabi (Sallallaahu ‘alaihi wasallam) had deceived you?"

I replied in
the negative and said: "I swear in
the name of Allah, due to the length of your Sajdah I thought that you had
passed away. "

He said: "This is the fifteenth night of
Sha'baan, Allah looks at His servants in this night and forgives those who seek
forgiveness, shows mercy upon those who seek mercy and delays the decision of
those who harbour feelings of hatred for others”

(Baihaqi)

It is also
mentioned in this narration that Hazrat Aisha (RA) heard Nabi (Sallallaahu
‘alaihi wasallam) reading this Dua in his Sajdah: